This famous champion, the favorite athlete of the French in 2020, starts with a one-man show!

This is an announcement that may surprise many sports fans. French biathlon legend Martin Fourcade is kicking off the one-man show, as announced in a press release Wednesday (May 24). Five-time Olympic champion will return during her show “His journey as a top athlete with candid behind-the-scenes stories and confessions”. The show “Equestrian Track” will kick off next fall for a series of performances, our colleagues reported. RMC Sports. At the age of 34 and three years after finishing his sports career, Martin Fourcade will be back. “From his hometown of the Pyrenees with joys and sorrows his career and his elder brother Simon took the first steps to skis, to the Olympic blessing”it also gives details of the announced press release. “an intimate and intense moment”. The first two performances will take place at the Maison de la Culture in Grenoble on October 18 and 19, before the tour de France, which will end in March 2024.

There will also be two performances at the Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris on 9 and 10 November. The athlete was assisted by Sébastien Deurdilly for dramaturgy and Matthieu Cruciani for staging. In recent weeks, he has been most talked about for his role as chairman of the Paris 2024 athletes’ commission. Last February, he spoke specifically about the potential participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the next Olympic Games. “As a representative of athletes and as an athlete, I think we need to think about the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to sports competitions”he specifically said and asked them to compete under a neutral flag. “I really believe in the values ​​of sport and I really don’t think anyone should be banned from competitions because of their passport or nationality”had guessed Martin Fourcade in an English-language interview with the chain. NRK.

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